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Drugs, Poisons and Controlled Substances Act 1981
12DIncorporation of the Poisons Standard
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12D Incorporation of the Poisons Standard
S. 12D(1) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 14(2).
(1) Any part of the Poisons Standard to be incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code may be so incorporated as in force at a particular time or from time to time.
S. 12D(2) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 14(3).
(2) To the extent that it is incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code, the Poisons Standard forms part of that Code.
S. 12D(3) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 14(4).
(3) Subject to subsection (4), if any part of the Poisons Standard, as in force from time to time, is incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code the part so incorporated must be taken to include that part as amended, varied, remade or superseded from time to time.
S. 12D(4) amended by No. 75/2014 s. 14(5).
(4) If part of the Poisons Standard, as in force from time to time, is incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code and that part is amended, varied, remade or superseded, then until the date fixed under section 12K as the date on which the new matter takes effect the matter so incorporated must be taken not to have been so amended, varied, remade or superseded.
S. 12D(5) inserted by No. 39/2024 s. 86.
(5) If a provision of the Poisons Standard, as in force from time to time, is incorporated by reference in the Poisons Code and that provision is amended, substituted or revoked under section 12E(1E), then until the date fixed under section 12K as the date on which the amendment, substitution or revocation takes effect, the provision amended, substituted or revoked must be taken not to have been amended, substituted or revoked.
S. 12E inserted by No. 42/1993 s. 38.